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crisis: with anti-tax crusader grover norquist. >> we'd love to see some real spending restraint. it's been four years and all we've had is five trillion in debt and more spending. >> woodruff: margaret warner looks at north korea's successful rocket launch, celebrated in pyongyang and denounced in seoul and the west. >> ifill: we examine how the budget debate is playing out on social media in tonight's edition of the daily download. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan talks with journalist paul salopek, before he sets off on a seven-year, 39-nation trek across the globe. >> it's not an athletic event, it's not an endurance feat, it's all about communicating in the 21st century. slowing people down. ♪ >> ifill: and we remember composer and sitar virtuoso ravi shankar, who introduced the western world to traditional indian music. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. an
crisis: with anti-tax crusader grover norquist. >> we'd love to see some real spending restraint. it's been four years and all we've had is five trillion in debt and more spending. >> woodruff: margaret warner looks at north korea's successful rocket launch, celebrated in pyongyang and denounced in seoul and the west. >> ifill: we examine how the budget debate is playing out on social media in tonight's edition of the daily download. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan talks...
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grover norquist is a conservative lobbyist and the president of americans for tax reform. most famously, he's known for getting many elected republicans to sign a pledge to not raise taxes. but now some lawmakers are suggesting they may be willing to change their position. grover norquist, welcome to the program. >> good to be with you. >> woodruff: in fact, there are a growing number of republicans who are saying either they've renounced that pledge or they may be prepared to renounce it in order to deal with the serious fiscal problem facing the country. >> well, interestingly, the problem we have is too much spending. and so the only solution to spending too much is spending less. we don't have a problem of not enough in terms of tax revenue coming in. the problem is government sp-pbdz too much. so raising taxes is what politicians do instead of reducing spending. that's the argument boehner's having with the president of the united states. the president wants higher taxes, boehner would like less spending. >> woodruff: well, i'm sure you know, a number of economists ta
grover norquist is a conservative lobbyist and the president of americans for tax reform. most famously, he's known for getting many elected republicans to sign a pledge to not raise taxes. but now some lawmakers are suggesting they may be willing to change their position. grover norquist, welcome to the program. >> good to be with you. >> woodruff: in fact, there are a growing number of republicans who are saying either they've renounced that pledge or they may be prepared to...
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[applause] grover norquist chemo for about 16 hours. -- came out for about 16 hours. [laughter] definitely carbon taxes is bubbling up. rush right. and from a surprising source. people on the conservative side of the political spectrum, ultimately, i should not be a bar -- a partisan political issue. the day the sandy hit, i was with many people. >> of is just about to touch on that. fires burned homes with their democrats for republicans. the climate system does not care. hopefully, what we can do as scientists, is checked the risks and then the location details. but that is a whole different ball game. >> my name is carol stone. do you think the mayan calendar this year will have any effect? and what is the effect of the population in the world -- a billion on this issue of carbon -- >> violation? >> that -- there is a number of factors. when you look at local government in emissions. if there are more people on the planet burning carbon for energy, we will be adding more carbon to the atmosphere. on the other hand, people who are living in a western-style exist the
[applause] grover norquist chemo for about 16 hours. -- came out for about 16 hours. [laughter] definitely carbon taxes is bubbling up. rush right. and from a surprising source. people on the conservative side of the political spectrum, ultimately, i should not be a bar -- a partisan political issue. the day the sandy hit, i was with many people. >> of is just about to touch on that. fires burned homes with their democrats for republicans. the climate system does not care. hopefully, what...
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watch grover norquist's people go to work here. let's listen. >> well, i'm going to ask a question to everyone here on the stage. say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10-1, as byron said, spending cuts to tax increases. speaker, you're already shaking your head. but who on this stage would walk away from that deal? would you raise your hand about feeling so strongly, you'd walk away on the 10-1 deal. >> whoa. joining me now to review that list of greatness, another highlights and lowlights of the gop primary season, former rnc chairman, michael steele, who never had a year like this. it was always a success over there, seriously. and the huffington post's howard fineman. both msnbc contributors. you come from the roots of the republican party, sir. so let me ask you this. was that a good day or bad day had they all went up there in lockstep? >> it was a bad day. i thought it very interesting later on that huntsman said, you know, i probably should have raised my hand and said i would have taken the 10-1 deal. and i think
watch grover norquist's people go to work here. let's listen. >> well, i'm going to ask a question to everyone here on the stage. say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10-1, as byron said, spending cuts to tax increases. speaker, you're already shaking your head. but who on this stage would walk away from that deal? would you raise your hand about feeling so strongly, you'd walk away on the 10-1 deal. >> whoa. joining me now to review that list of greatness, another...
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former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is not impressed. >> we voted for grover norquist. he is in my judgment the wizard of oz. you peel back the curtain and there's nobody there. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll says 76% would accept raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year. only 22% find that unacceptable. >>> we told you about the sequel to the movie "game change." that will be made about this year's presidential election. on "late night with jimmy fallon" he had reaction to that. >> some tv news. hbo is planning a new movie based on the 2012 election, similar to "game change." the network said they're not sure who will be playing mitt romney. then mitt romney said, i'm not doing anything. >> a new poll found 44% of americans believe santa claus is a democrat. 28% say he's a republican. >>> senators and republicans put their differences aside and exchanged secret santa presents with a $10 limit. >>> utah republican mike lee gave vermont democrat and batman enthusiastic patrick leahy a batman snuggie. i didn't know those existed. happy h
former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is not impressed. >> we voted for grover norquist. he is in my judgment the wizard of oz. you peel back the curtain and there's nobody there. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll says 76% would accept raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year. only 22% find that unacceptable. >>> we told you about the sequel to the movie "game change." that will be made about this year's presidential...
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a growing number of republicans are slowly backing away from grover norquist's anti-tax pledge. saying they're open to letting revenues rise if democrats do their part in the budget talks. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, and republicans should put revenue on the table. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> a pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. for instance, if i were in
a growing number of republicans are slowly backing away from grover norquist's anti-tax pledge. saying they're open to letting revenues rise if democrats do their part in the budget talks. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, and republicans should put revenue on the table. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> a pledge...
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they are afraid if they go against the pledge that they made to grover norquist, that grover norquist will do whatever he can to make sure these republicans lose their seats. thank you. guest: thanks for your call. i know grover norquist and consider him a friend. we don't agree on much politically, but that is washington. you don't let politics come in friends. it amuses me that he has become the person for the left like george soros has been for the right. grover norquist is a symbol. why do people listened to him? because he raises money. if you go out and raise money for your particular party or candidate or cause, people will give you a brand new respect as well. he knows how to raise money and is a very good -- very good at -- icity and raising its co promoting his cause. so that gives you assert amount of clout and influence with powerful people who depend on campaign donations. the fact is it is not grover norquist. there is an obligation that conservatives have -- that republicans have to take care of the folks who sent them, just like democrats are beholden sometimes organiz
they are afraid if they go against the pledge that they made to grover norquist, that grover norquist will do whatever he can to make sure these republicans lose their seats. thank you. guest: thanks for your call. i know grover norquist and consider him a friend. we don't agree on much politically, but that is washington. you don't let politics come in friends. it amuses me that he has become the person for the left like george soros has been for the right. grover norquist is a symbol. why do...
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i mean, would you want to be a republican running in a republican primary where grover norquist comes in and says, this guy must be defeated because he violated the pledge? or he refused to sign the pledge? members of the tea party don't know anything else. that guy's history. we saw during the 2010 campaign these tea party people are capable and perfectly willing to defeat incumbent republicans even at the cost of having that seat go to the democrats. you saw guys like robert bennett in utah who is no liberal by any means. >> the epitome of the conservative stalwart. >> he wasn't conservative enough. so they tossed him out. republicans lost seats in places like colorado and delaware where the tea party people were so insi insistent that these rhino republicans, that stands for republican in name only -- there is nothing worse you can be called, but there are other groups, as well. the club for growth has been extraordinarily important. they ensure that there will always be unlimited financing available to anybody who runs against a rhino, against a tax pledge breaker who are somebody
i mean, would you want to be a republican running in a republican primary where grover norquist comes in and says, this guy must be defeated because he violated the pledge? or he refused to sign the pledge? members of the tea party don't know anything else. that guy's history. we saw during the 2010 campaign these tea party people are capable and perfectly willing to defeat incumbent republicans even at the cost of having that seat go to the democrats. you saw guys like robert bennett in utah...
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his name is grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. that's a group which has secured pledges to never raise taxes from likely republican presidential candidate mitt romney as well as almost all the republicans elected in congress. he warns those who break the pledge will pay a political price. grover and i sat down to discuss his new book "debacle, obama's war on jobs and growth." what we can do now for our future. first i wanted to know where grover norquist stands on all this talk on tax fairness. >> a lot of impetus to impose the income tax, the personal income tax in the united states, was imposed on people whose income was in today's dollars over $10 million a year. it was going to hit just a few. i would argue the reason why left of center politicians who want the government bigger play to fairness. they can't play to economic growth, they can't play to job creation. they can't speak to a stable dollar. so they say let's distract you with shiny things, which is fairness, which is an unending conversation. like sex, everybody can
his name is grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. that's a group which has secured pledges to never raise taxes from likely republican presidential candidate mitt romney as well as almost all the republicans elected in congress. he warns those who break the pledge will pay a political price. grover and i sat down to discuss his new book "debacle, obama's war on jobs and growth." what we can do now for our future. first i wanted to know where grover norquist stands on...
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grover norquist joins me now. >> good to be with you. >> so let me ask you -- >> sure -- >> about the history of the last 20 or 30 years and ask you that you feel some responsibility for this. here's how i see it. the republican party under ronald reagan, subsequently under gingrich when confronting george bush sr., has pushed aggressively for cutting taxes, no new taxes, many of the kinds of things you've argued for. but it has been unable for whatever reason under republican majorities, under democratic majorities, under divided or shared government to cut spending. so what we have had is the kind of perfect expression of what the american people seem to want, which is low taxes but lots of government services. and there's only one way to square that circle which is to borrow lots of money, which is what we've done for the last 30 years. so aren't you to blame for that? >> no, because the alternative is to tremendously raise taxes as high as spending has gone. if this is the left's analysis on how to fix the problem. no. here's -- >> but let me ask you, sir, you can characterize it
grover norquist joins me now. >> good to be with you. >> so let me ask you -- >> sure -- >> about the history of the last 20 or 30 years and ask you that you feel some responsibility for this. here's how i see it. the republican party under ronald reagan, subsequently under gingrich when confronting george bush sr., has pushed aggressively for cutting taxes, no new taxes, many of the kinds of things you've argued for. but it has been unable for whatever reason under...
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. >>> conservative anti-tax crusader grover norquist had a rather unique way of describing romney and the obama victory. >> the president was elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >>> here is some good news, the romney campaign website is a virtual shopping mall of campaign swag for sale to remember that happy preelectioneer preelectio preelection era. >>> and the white house has receiv received petitions from about 20 states that say they would like to succeed from the union. >>> stocks started the week on the flat side but there was a little excitement when the new york stock exchange suffered a trading glitch. some 216 securities were effected. anti-virus software billionaire john mcafee is wanted for questioning in the murder of his neighbor in belize. his neighbor was found dead on sunday. his company was sold to intel in 2011 for $7 billion. >> more than 7,000 people have signed a petition to drop donald trum trump. >> research in motion has set january 30th as the release date for the blackberry 10 operating system. and motor trend has named the te
. >>> conservative anti-tax crusader grover norquist had a rather unique way of describing romney and the obama victory. >> the president was elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >>> here is some good news, the romney campaign website is a virtual shopping mall of campaign swag for sale to remember that happy preelectioneer preelectio preelection era. >>> and the white house has receiv received petitions from about 20 states that...
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grover norquist, americans tax reform, a pledge signed by virtually every republican in the house which says you will not support any net new tax increases. if you need emergency short term spending because your economy is going down the tank again, you risk grover norquist and his people campaigning against you. why is that acceptable in our dynamic economy and our democracy? why can't we tell people stop with the pledges. go in there and make the necessary deals that have to be done. i'm not asking you as a conservative. liberals and conservatives need to do this. move on this. >> the reason i think guys like grover put that pledge out there and politicians follow that pledge is because where i started this. the historical perspective is you give a dollar to the government and it finds a dollar to place in spending. it finds a way to spend that dollar. grover, i would assume, i don't want to speak for him, we have to cut off the spigot, cut off the funding of government. it doesn't allow for emergencies. we've arrived at two emergencies you point out, one is the fiscal cliff and the o
grover norquist, americans tax reform, a pledge signed by virtually every republican in the house which says you will not support any net new tax increases. if you need emergency short term spending because your economy is going down the tank again, you risk grover norquist and his people campaigning against you. why is that acceptable in our dynamic economy and our democracy? why can't we tell people stop with the pledges. go in there and make the necessary deals that have to be done. i'm not...
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and i was going to say, the other group -- oh, the -- when i gave a talk at grover norquist's wednesday meeting -- >> oh, that must have been interesting. >> one of the -- this was at the -- i gave two. there was first a meeting with him and some of the republican leaders which was open, and then there was one which was closed and i can't talk about that one but i'm sure it was at the first one. that one -- [laughter] -- one of them said, that's income redistribution. well, yeah, it is. the people who do a good job will get some of the money from somebody else. and -- but that's what if we don't do something like that. that's -- you see, we would reach -- if we did that, we would reach tipping points where alternatives would be cheaper than -- say, coal, and then you would quickly phase out the fossil fuel. so you then leave it in the ground and that's what we have to do. >> british columbia is doing something like this so that maybe there's some different details, but british columbia replaced one kind of tax, it was a payroll or corporate tax -- >> yeah. >> and imposed the carbon tax.
and i was going to say, the other group -- oh, the -- when i gave a talk at grover norquist's wednesday meeting -- >> oh, that must have been interesting. >> one of the -- this was at the -- i gave two. there was first a meeting with him and some of the republican leaders which was open, and then there was one which was closed and i can't talk about that one but i'm sure it was at the first one. that one -- [laughter] -- one of them said, that's income redistribution. well, yeah, it...
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norquist's tax group. americans for tax reform say athletes might have to pay as much as $9,000, but except for high-income athletes like michael phelps, politifact argues most medal winners will pay far less. >>> and republican congressman pete sessions of texas got married this weekend to karen diebel, who ran unsuccessfully in florida for congress in 2010. fox news says the ceremony took place in, where else, the u.s. capitol. congratulations. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and now here is your first look at how wall street kicks off the day. the dow opens at 13,096 after jumping 217 on friday. the s&p spiked 25. the nasdaq skyrocketed 58. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei surged 171 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng climbed 332. >>> there could be a knight and shining armor ready to save knight capital. the firm was devastated by a software glitch that put the company on the hook for nearly $500 million in stock losses. cnbc reports
norquist's tax group. americans for tax reform say athletes might have to pay as much as $9,000, but except for high-income athletes like michael phelps, politifact argues most medal winners will pay far less. >>> and republican congressman pete sessions of texas got married this weekend to karen diebel, who ran unsuccessfully in florida for congress in 2010. fox news says the ceremony took place in, where else, the u.s. capitol. congratulations. and that is your morning dish of...
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norquist. coburn was blasted for donating $250,000 to joe mansion of west virginia. >>> democratic congressman emanuel cleaver of missouri sent a letter to colleagues dissing the tween vampire series "twilight." everyone knows that real vampires and real ware wolves don't date the same girl and expresses concern that millions of young kids will think that "twilight movies are as accurate as dracula." 22-year-old mindy meyer was inspired about it movie "legally blonde" when she designed a bright prifrpg website for her campaign for state senate in new york. meyer, a republican conservative calls herself the diva of the district. her slogan is "i'm senator and i snow it." and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. . >>> and just a quick correction. it was actually a $250 donation, not a $250,000 donation. now here is your first look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,721 after falling 101 points yesterday. the s&p 500 sank 12. nasdaq tumbled 35. taking a
norquist. coburn was blasted for donating $250,000 to joe mansion of west virginia. >>> democratic congressman emanuel cleaver of missouri sent a letter to colleagues dissing the tween vampire series "twilight." everyone knows that real vampires and real ware wolves don't date the same girl and expresses concern that millions of young kids will think that "twilight movies are as accurate as dracula." 22-year-old mindy meyer was inspired about it movie "legally...
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grover norquist, the man behind the anti-tax pledge, signed by a number of republicans over the years, could be losing even more support. georgia senator saxby chambliss tells a georgia tv station he's considering breaking the promise in order to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >>> and they are not the only ones trying to avoid the cliff. many major league baseball free agents are trying to get their money up front in 2012 to avoid tax increases. >>> well, the idea of selling designer merchandise on president obama's campaign website was mocked by some but the campaign is having the last laugh. bloomberg businessweek reports the idea by vogue editor anna wi wintor brought in more than $40 million. >>> meantime, the obama campaign is still fuming over some of the polls that got it wrong leading up to election day. the editor in chief for gallop whiched so mitt romney with a bigger lead admits gallup might have overestimated the get-out-the-oat efforts. >>> it's time for a geography quiz. put on your thinking caps. what is the name of this country? all right. if you said mexico, then
grover norquist, the man behind the anti-tax pledge, signed by a number of republicans over the years, could be losing even more support. georgia senator saxby chambliss tells a georgia tv station he's considering breaking the promise in order to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >>> and they are not the only ones trying to avoid the cliff. many major league baseball free agents are trying to get their money up front in 2012 to avoid tax increases. >>> well, the idea of...
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norquist's anti-tax pledge has broke within the crusader. he told abc he supported eliminating tax deductions, we're so far in debt if you don't give up some ideological ground, the economy sinks. >>> former clinton aide says it's not the economy, stupid. arguing president obama's focus on the success of the economic recovery is wrong and will fail. instead the group recommends obama relate more to middle class struggle. >>> spike lee predicts a tough re-election road for the president. he thinks obama will prevail, saying once we get to the debates, my man is going to tear him up. >>> senate majority leader, harry reid is among those outraged over manny pacquiao's controversial split decision loss in last week's championship fight. reid, a former boxer, said he wanted to go to the fight, but couldn't because it was his wife's birthday. >>> and finally, former president george h.w. bush is not a justin bieber fan. after granddaughter jenna bush hager sang part of a bieber song on the "today show" yesterday, the former president said -- i don
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that was a pledge to grover norquist or by grover norquist's organization. he's turned his back on the pledge, peddled by grover norquist and his powerful lobby group, americans for tax reform. latourette says all options need to be on the table to avert a fiscal cliff. he joins us now. congressman latourette it looks like republicans are ready to raise rates on individuals making 400,000 aids ye$400,000 . is that the kind of compromise you had expected to take place? >> no, this is disgusting, quite frankly. and dysfunctional. latourette, by the way, in french, means dysfunctional. i'm used to it. i'll tell you that we find ourselves here after the 73 months that you talked about, and this is as good as it is going to get, it is really ridiculous and everybody here should be hanging their head in shame. >> we feel the same way. we got this fiscal cliff mess as a result of being up against the government's borrowing limit, the debt ceiling in august of 2011. we are expected to hit that debt limit again today. the treasury department says it can keep on payin
that was a pledge to grover norquist or by grover norquist's organization. he's turned his back on the pledge, peddled by grover norquist and his powerful lobby group, americans for tax reform. latourette says all options need to be on the table to avert a fiscal cliff. he joins us now. congressman latourette it looks like republicans are ready to raise rates on individuals making 400,000 aids ye$400,000 . is that the kind of compromise you had expected to take place? >> no, this is...
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grover norquist is one toffee chured speakers. and then on c-span 3, a house oversight hearing examining the spending report related to a 2010 las vegas convention costing over $800,000. the event's live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> frankly, we owe it to our first responders to give them a modern communications network, and that's e
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grover norquist, who is leading this charge for no tax increase, says i want to drown government in the bathtub. >> here's the problem with that. americans like government. what we have for the last 30 years done is say we're going to have low taxes but we still wants lots of government and we made up that difference by borrowing. and i think there's one part of what john boehner says, which is quite right. you can't keep doing this forever. at some point you've got to get that straightened out. the problem is the republicans realize that large growth of government is pretty popular. that's why they don't identify specific cuts p. >> right. they say we'll cut this amount of money but nobody will tell you where they'll cut. the low-hanging fruit is gone. >> the only place you could find something is, again, it gets to the role of government, the more interesting discussion, which is the p you hut health care costs by saying we're going to improve quality but reduce costs. you can do that, but you're going to have to have panels, they call them death panels or whatever you want, but panel
grover norquist, who is leading this charge for no tax increase, says i want to drown government in the bathtub. >> here's the problem with that. americans like government. what we have for the last 30 years done is say we're going to have low taxes but we still wants lots of government and we made up that difference by borrowing. and i think there's one part of what john boehner says, which is quite right. you can't keep doing this forever. at some point you've got to get that...